Apis cerana from Myanmar (Burma): Unusual distribution of mitochondrial lineages

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 637-644

  Smith, Deborah R ^a   Warrit, Natapot ^a   Hepburn, H Randall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Biogeography; Burma; Mitochondrial DNA; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 12444279043     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004058     Document Type: Article

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